CVE-2025-58650
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi All In One SEO Pack all-in-one-seo-pack allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects All In One SEO Pack: from n/a through <= 4.8.7.1.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the All In One SEO Pack WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to access functionality beyond their privilege level due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. This is likely an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) or insufficient capability checks enabling lower-privileged users to perform administrative actions.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
-
Verify All In One SEO Pack is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'All In One SEO Pack' in the list. Note the version number displayed.Affected if The plugin is installed and the version cannot be confirmed as patched.
-
Check installed plugin versionNavigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins > All In One SEO Pack. Compare the displayed version number against any official release notes from the vendor for the fixed version.Affected if The installed version is older than the patched version released by the vendor.
-
Enumerate existing user accountsGo to Users > All Users in the WordPress admin panel. Review the list of registered users and note their assigned roles.Affected if There are user accounts beyond the expected administrators, particularly users with roles that should not have administrative privileges.
-
Review role assignments for lower-privileged usersFor each user with Editor, Author, Contributor, or Subscriber roles, verify their actual capabilities by inspecting if they can access All In One SEO Pack settings or perform administrative SEO actions they should not be able to do.Affected if Users with non-administrator roles can access or modify All In One SEO Pack settings or perform actions that require Administrator capabilities.
-
Test capability boundariesLog in as a lower-privileged user (Editor or Author) and attempt to access the All In One SEO Pack plugin menu, create/edit SEO settings, or modify sitemap configurations.Affected if A non-administrator user can successfully access or modify All In One SEO Pack functionality that should be restricted to Administrators only.
A user is affected if the All In One SEO Pack plugin is installed, the version is unpatched, AND a user with limited privileges can access administrative SEO functions they should not be able to perform.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the patched version of All In One SEO Pack (contact vendor for specific fixed version) and review user role capabilities to ensure proper access controls are enforced.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $3,984.
Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2025-58650 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-58650 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
No notes yet
Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.
A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.
- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data